Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Dodgers made sure Colorado skipper Jim Tracy got a full and complete winter vacation, eliminating the Rockies this evening with a late-game surge of four runs in the final three frames. This doesn't help Hiroki Kuroda's win-loss record; Kuroda goes 6.1 IP with 5 ER 1 BB and 6 Ks; but the late innings allowed James Loney to get his 10th HR of the season (a solo shot in the seventh), and then an opportunistic eighth inning plus Casey Blake's second HR of the evening sealed the victory for the good guys.

With the Rockies out, we can now focus on the NL West-leading Giants, who are beating up on a hapless Diamondbacks squad, 3-2 in the seventh; and the Padres, who are trying to rally from a 4-2 deficit against the pathetic Cubs at Petco Park.

SpankDodgers used to have a farm team in SA which is where I grew up. For whatever reason I have always been a Dodger fan. I lived in Dallas for many years and call myself a quasi Rangers fan although they were so bad for many years. Liking The Astro's is unthinkable unless you are from Houston. I've never known them as anything but the Lastro's.